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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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